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Many people, other than the authors, contribute to the making of a book, from the first person who had the bright idea of alphabetic writing through the inventor of movable type to the lumberjacks who felled the trees that were pulped for its printing. It is not customary to acknowledge the trees themselves, though their commitment is total. ~Forsyth and Rada, Machine Learning

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Thank you for stopping by The Printed Page in your travels through the blogging world. Here you will everything books in my world. The Printed Page started as a place for me to post my thoughts and impressions, not professional style book reviews, about the books I've read throughout the year and to meet up with my f2f book club friends. Along the way it's become a bit more and bit less than that.

Take care~Marcia

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Thursday, May 22, 2008

It definitely felt like Christmas at my house today. Not only did I receive Apples and Oranges: My Brother and Me, Lost and Found by Maria Brenner in the mail today from Nicole at Authors on the Web but my Amazon Kindle arrived courtesy of the UPS man.

I haven't fallen in love this fast with a piece of technology before. I unpacked it, quickly read the users manual provided on the Kindle (paper copy also included), purchased a brand new best seller for $9.99 and had it delivered in under a minute. All of this start to finish took maybe 10 minutes, 15 minutes tops. I don't buy hardbacks. Normally I'm on the hold list at the library, waiting sometimes weeks or months for my turn to come around. Or I wait until the paperback version comes out a year later and then start haunting the used bookstores for a copy. Now instant gratification. For a person who lacks in the patience department this is the perfect toy. Another plus is no more overweight bags when going on vacation because I've loaded up on books which, of course, are necessities compared to, say, clothing and suntan lotion.

Having 200+ books at my fingertips is a reader's delight. All those wonderful titles to choose from and no waiting.

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1. The right not to read2. The right to skip pages3. The right to not finish4. The right to reread5. The right to read anything6. The right to escapism7. The right to read anywhere8. The right to browse9. The right to read out loud10. The right not to defend your tastes

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Marcia

I'm an avid reader and enjoy sharing my passion for books with others.